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Food Insecurity in Central Florida

The role of the food bank is shifting from an emergency stopgap to a more permanent source of food for some families. Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida distributes food through more than 750 feeding partners in Brevard, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, and Volusia counties. President and CEO Derrick Chubbs was invited to D.C. to speak to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve about food insecurity here. He joins Engage to discuss the message he took to Washington and what’s changed since his first presentation there two years ago.

Working and Hungry in Kissimmee

Rose Laraque left her Davenport apartment because she couldn’t afford it and moved into a Kissimmee motel. Even though she works two jobs, she still struggles. She’s thankful for the food assistance she got from Embrace of Celebration, a Second Harvest partner organization that distributes food in her area. She joins Engage to discuss living with food insecurity every day.


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